Comparison

Rock Prodigy Timer vs CountDown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Rock Prodigy Timer

This app provides customizable workout timers for climbers, based on established training protocols. It features specific timers for hangboards, general fitness, and various climbing exercises with adjustable work, rest, and break periods. Users can save custom workouts and benefit from clear displays and optional feedback.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout timers
  • Hangboard specific timer
  • General fitness exercises
  • Adjustable work, rest, and break periods
  • Save and reset workouts
  • Clear timer display with feedback
Features
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This app by Trango Climbing provides workout timers based on the Rock Climber's Training Manual protocol and the Rock Prodigy series of hangboards: - Hangboard * - General Fitness exercises - Free Work, Timed Rest (e.g. Bouldering rounds, Campusboard) * - Timed Work, Timed Rest (e.g. ARC, Climbing rounds) * The hangboard timer is a unique feature of this app providing a timer with repetitions of short Hang and Rest periods (a Set) followed by a longer Break period. You can customize the number of Exercises, Sets and Rep(etition)s, and select the amount of time for Work, Rest and Break (rest between sets) periods. For convenience, it has 3 default training cycles for beginner moderate and advanced climbers. In these workouts hand grips are shown on the screen. It is also possible to change the settings of a default workout, or setup a complete custom workout. The other timers can be used for various other climbing or general exercises, such as to time the rest period while performing campusboard training, core fitness exercises, climbing rounds on a boulder wall, ARCing, and many other exercises. Features: - Customize all details of your workouts. - Save (and reset) workouts. - Very clear and big timer display. - Optional sound and vibration feedback. - Full screen option. - Pauses automatically when you receive a phone call. Please support this app by rating it! When you want to send a feature request, or found a bug, feel free to report it via email. Please do not give a poor rating before giving me the chance to refund you or solve a bug! Enjoy your climbing training! Do not overtrain! Privacy statement: - This app does not contain any advertisement such as banners! - This app does not gather any (personal) information!

About

CountDown

This app helps climbers build custom hangboard workouts quickly and efficiently. It offers a simple interface to personalize grip types, feedback, and workout structure. Track your progress with detailed history and notes to optimize training.

Highlights
  • Build custom workouts
  • Create custom grip types
  • Personalize visual, audible, haptic feedback
  • View workout history
  • Add workout notes
  • Start timers without creating workouts
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Elevate your training with CountDown, the efficient, effective and free training app designed for the detail-oriented climber. CountDown is designed to help climbers build complex workouts in just a few minutes. CountDown differs from other hangboard apps by providing a simple and intuitive interface that enables you to customize every aspect of your workout. Key Features: - Build new workouts under specific categories to target different climbing fitness attributes. - Create as many custom grip types as you need. Add, reorder, and copy grips within a workout with ease. - Personalize your hangboarding experience with customizable choices of visual, audible, and haptic feedback. - View a detailed history of your completed workouts. Add notes so you can make informed decisions to optimize your training cycles. - If you want to get started right away, you can start a new timer without needing to create a workout.

Screenshots

Rock Prodigy Timer4 screens
CountDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CountDown at 4.4 against Rock Prodigy Timer's 2.6. CountDown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (60% vs 43%). Rock Prodigy Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rock Prodigy Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CountDown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CountDown holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Rock Prodigy Timer's written reviews are positive against 60% of CountDown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rock Prodigy Timer ships an update weekly, CountDown every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rock Prodigy Timer versus CountDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRock Prodigy TimerCountDown
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (16 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreat Trango Holdings, Inc.Ian Docherty

Customer experience

Rock Prodigy Timer

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

CountDown

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rock Prodigy Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
None

CountDown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rock Prodigy Timer free?
Rock Prodigy Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountDown free?
CountDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rock Prodigy Timer or CountDown?
CountDown is rated higher. Rock Prodigy Timer averages 2.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while CountDown averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Rock Prodigy Timer or CountDown have ads?
Neither Rock Prodigy Timer nor CountDown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rock Prodigy Timer or CountDown?
Rock Prodigy Timer ships an update weekly, and CountDown every 3 months. Most recently, Rock Prodigy Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and CountDown on October 8, 2026.

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